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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Tuesday it will extend the protection of U.S. minimum wage and overtime law to almost two million home health workers who assist the elderly and disabled, setting an assertive tone for the new U.S. labor secretary.
Sworn in only two weeks ago, Thomas Perez said in a statement that home health workers provide "vital services."
"Today we are taking an important step toward guaranteeing that these professionals receive the wage protections they deserve while protecting the right of individuals to live at home," he said.
Under a new rule, the department said home health workers, personal care aides and certified nursing assistants will be brought under the coverage of the Fair Labor Standards Act starting in January 2015.
The department began moving toward adoption of a final rule along these lines almost two years ago, but its announcement was the first substantive policy pronouncement by Perez, who endured a contentious confirmation process in the U.S. Senate.
The Labor Department estimated that in the United States there are 1.9 million home-based "direct care" workers, who are typically employed by healthcare agencies. Their median pay in 2010 was $9.70 per hour, or about $20,000 per year.
About 90 percent of them are women and nearly half are minorities. The federal minimum wage is $7.75 per hour.
The Labor Department in December 2011 proposed revising the definition of "companionship services," which are exempt from federal minimum wage and overtime protections, to exclude home health workers.
The proposed rule followed a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision in a case brought by Evelyn Coke, a home health worker in Queens, New York. The justices determined that the Labor Department's exemption of so-called companionship workers from the federal wage law included health workers like Coke.
When the department responded to the ruling and moved to redefine companionship care, congressional Republicans warned it would result in workers getting fewer hours and make it too costly for patients to remain at home.
Perez said in a conference call with reporters that these concerns were not borne out by outcomes in states that have already extended their wage-and-hour laws to direct-care workers in homes.
Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia extend state minimum wage laws to home health workers. Fifteen of those also grant such workers overtime benefits.
It is "unfair" to lump these professionals into a category intended for "teenage babysitters," Perez said on the call.
Workers who are employed directly by an individual or family to provide "fellowship and protection," such as companionship in a home setting, are exempt from the rule. Workers employed by an individual or family to perform medical tasks will be covered.
Democratic lawmakers, advocates and labor leaders praised the adoption of the final rule.
Henry Claypool, executive vice president of the American Association of People With Disabilities, said it will address an "institutional bias," and enable home workers to reach wage parity with those performing the same tasks in medical centers and other facilities.
The leader of the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of U.S. labor unions that represents more than 13 million workers, said after Tuesday's announcement that workers like Coke should be covered by the country's "most basic labor standards."
"Congress intended that these hard-working individuals, whose labor is often physically and emotionally demanding, have the protection of our nation's most basic labor standards," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said in a statement.
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Amity Shlaes: The Coolidge Lesson on Taxes and Spending
The 30th president had two lion cubs. Their names? Budget Bureau and Tax Reduction.
Only Reagan could fix this.
That's the intuitive reaction to the surge of spending and budgetary challenges in Washington today. It's hard to think of another Republican with the fortitude to push back against the outlays, to make government smaller, to lower taxes. And to show that such moves can yield prosperity.
The "only Reagan" assumption is too narrow—especially when it comes to the fiscal challenge. For while Reagan inspired and cut taxes, he did not reduce the deficit. He did not even cut the budget. But if you look back, past Dwight Eisenhower and around the curve of history, you can find a Republican who did all those things: Calvin Coolidge.
A New Englander and former Massachusetts governor, Coolidge came to Washington as vice president and moved into the White House only in 1923 after the sudden death of President Warren Harding. He later won the office himself and served until 1929. The 30th president cut the top income-tax rate to 25% (lower than the 28% of the historic Reagan cut of 1986). Coolidge reduced the national debt and balanced the budget. When he departed the White House for his home in Northampton, Mass., he left a federal budget smaller than the one he found.
Three factors gave Silent Cal the ability to cut as he did, each suggesting a governing approach that would be useful today.
The first advantage was a gift from his predecessor, President Harding: the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921. Theretofore, the president had enjoyed no general oversight of the budget. Bills came to the chief executive's desk like requests crafted by clever children, hard to turn down. Under the Accounting Act, the executive branch gained the authority to present a unified budget and a research staff in the form of the Budget Bureau, a forerunner to today's Office of Management and Budget. The executive also had the authority to impound money already appropriated.
The second advantage was one Coolidge himself supplied: the discipline to use budget tools, new and old. Harding had dramatically cut the budget, still bloated from World War I, but he lacked the stamina to keep up the work. Harding also made bad appointments of profligates or outright criminals, whose corrupt agencies undermined his savings drive. By the time Harding died, Congress was already weary of postwar austerity and confident it could squeeze more spending out of Coolidge, who might only hold office until elections the next year.
But Coolidge came in like a lion, determined to make austerity permanent. Coolidge met with his budget director, Gen. Herbert Lord, on his first day in office and routinely thereafter. The two men soon announced that they would deepen planned cuts in two politically sensitive areas: veterans and on District of Columbia public works. "I am for economy, and after that I am for more economy," Coolidge told voters—who gladly kept him in the White House when he ran in 1924.
Against Congress, Coolidge also moved boldly. The jovial Harding had vetoed only six bills. Coolidge vetoed 50. "It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones," Coolidge once advised his father. Coolidge proved a maestro of the pocket veto. He twice vetoed farming subsidies and he stopped government entry into the utilities industry by killing a project to operate the old wartime plant at Muscle Shoals in Alabama.
Coolidge's third advantage was insight into what might be called fiscal trust. The president understood that ambitious budget cuts would be accepted if he could "align" them with ambitious tax cuts. The press wondered how two such taciturn men as Coolidge and his Treasury secretary, Andrew Mellon, managed to chat long enough to plot a tax crusade. But the two shared an outlook and "conversed in pauses," as was written at the time.
After congressional resistance compromised their first legislation so badly that an editorial in this newspaper assailed lawmakers for "hazing the president," Coolidge and Mellon redoubled their effort. Finally, in 1926, Coolidge won his 25% tax rate.
Coolidge and Mellon carefully underscored the technical evidence, and there was plenty, that greater revenues might follow tax rate cuts. But they still insisted on twinning tax cuts with budget cuts, so voters and markets would never be betrayed. When an admirer in South Africa sent two lion cubs to the president, Coolidge named them Budget Bureau and Tax Reduction to emphasize the linked approach.
President Reagan recognized Coolidge's achievement, and upon taking office in 1981 he had a neglected Coolidge picture restored to a place of honor near Lincoln and Jefferson in the Cabinet Room. It is too much to hope that President Obama would take Coolidge's example to heart. But those who are even now pondering presidential runs for 2016 would do well to heed Silent Cal's deeds.
Ms. Shlaes is the author of "Coolidge," just published by HarperCollins, and the director of the Four Percent Growth Project at the Bush Presidential Center.

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People often think of January or spring as high seasons for home organization. But for those of us with school-age kids, late summer is prime time to clear excess and create a better system to handle what's left and what's on the way.
Plus, if you declutter before classes resume, you could plan a garage or yard sale that could finance a school-supply shopping trip or last-minute visit to the zoo or water park.
There's an easy way to approach reorganizing any area of your house. It's a shorthand version of tips from top-rated professional organizers that you could call the 2-D method:
Pick a room or even just part of one. Quickly, without allowing time for second thoughts, sort everything into three piles or containers: Toss, Keep and Donate/Sell.
Find a place for everything that stays, storing things near where they're used and putting like items together. For example, keep school supplies where homework is done, and sneakers, boots, umbrellas and coats near the door you use most often. Designate a place for each item, at appropriately accessible heights and locations.
Some of you will be fine with the 2-D method alone. But here are additional pro-organizer tips for tackling specific challenges:
Aim to keep work that reflects special moments, such as self-portraits or the first time a child writes his or her name. One mom I know has an inbox for all school and art papers. She sorts it quarterly, or when it gets too high. Some things she keeps, some things she photographs. The key is to periodically edit, with the goal of keeping just a handful of art examples per year, per child. Store "keepers" in a large, under-bed storage box. When that's full, sort again. And as your child matures and understands that not everything can be kept, he or she can help with sorting.
•Your desk or personal work area:
For some of us, it's the kitchen counter or dining room table. Wherever it is, keep the surface clear of what isn't used often. Create a filing system that lets you quickly find what you need. Set up an "inbox" for new bills/fliers/mail and an "outbox" for completed items. File finished work as it's done, or on a regular schedule.
Plan to set aside several hours per closet. Remove everything. Sort into categories by type — pants, skirts, tops, shoes, etc. Evaluate each item, separating out what you want to donate, sell or have repaired. Organize the rest by category, color and season.
In a central area, designate a bin for each family member, into which you place stray items that loved ones put away weekly. To keep housework manageable, focus on one task per day. For example, designate one day for dusting, another for vacuuming, etc.
Discard or recycle mismatched storage containers. Store lids in the largest container; stack the rest inside each other. Increase storage space by extending kitchen cabinets to the ceiling, hanging pots from a rack, and adding partitions, turntables or stacking platforms to drawers and cabinets.
With sidewalk chalk, section off your driveway into Toss, Keep and Donate/Sell areas. Break the Keep area into subcategories, such as tools, pet supplies, yard care, sports items and paint supplies. When putting things back, store like items together.
Organizing your home can be a rewarding do-it-yourself project that you can accomplish over weeks or months. But if you lack time, ability or desire, consider hiring a top-rated organizer to advise you or take on the project. Other service providers who can help include trash haulers and estate sale experts.


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Two minds, one body, a single purpose. In this, the second book of the Daedalus Rimes saga, the white knuckle journey continues. Teela and Dade must fight to preserve the lives of those aboard the spacecraft carrier as well as those on the planet Earth. Together they face the greatest obstacle in their mission of mutual survival; mankind. Biblical prophecies of two species, light years removed, predict a war of good against evil. Sides are chosen, lines are drawn, the journey continues.
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Rooney appeared as a second-half substitute for the Premier League champions in their 4-1 win at Swansea City on Saturday but Lampard remains keen to see his side's interest pursued.
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"I think Chelsea have made their interest known. That's a decision for them and Wayne to come to. We're going into the season strong but, if the manager wants to add another player, we all hope he gets his man."
Lampard and Rooney both featured for England on Wednesday as the Three Lions beat Scotland 3-2 in a friendly at Wembley but the Blues hero insists that he did not discuss any potential transfer with the United man.
"I didn't speak to Wayne about it when I was with England last week. He was training and he was focused," the 35-year-old added.
"I'm not privy to transfer stuff. That's for clubs to decide. I'm a player. I just keep my mouth shut and train and play."


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Despite the never ending procession of new flavours and varieties coming out of Ritter towers in Germany, it has been a long while since I last reviewed a bar from their 'Bio' range. For those who haven't come across the 'Bio' sub brand before, I can inform you that it is the organic part of Ritter's portfolio, and there are currently six different flavours on the shelves. Thanks to the ever so kind people at Ritter Sport, I today got the opportunity to try this new Kakaosplitter Nuss flavour, which translates roughly as 'Cocoa Nibs & Nuts' to us English speaking folk. It was recently reported in the UK that sales of organic foods was down 7.0% in latest year, driven largely by the fact consumers are tightening their belts because of the recession. Due to this fact, I have very little confidence of this range ever making it to the UK, but I was still very keen to give a try nonetheless.
In line with the rest of the Bio range, this Kakaosplitter Nuss bar came in a 65.0g size that was split into sixteen mini sized blocks. One thing that I have consistently said about the Bio range is that Ritter Sport have done a fantastic job of communicating the natural proposition of the product through the packaging. Once again the wrapper had a fresh look, and the on-pack pictures were clear in communicating the flavour at hand. The chocolate itself looked similarly appetising and it was noticeable that not only did the surface look particularly smooth, but the inner chopped nuts were generously portioned and dispersed well throughout. Having commented on how fresh and sparkling the chocolate appeared, it probably won't surprise you to hear that the product had a strong aroma that was laden with enticing cocoa and nut scents. Speaking from past experiences, I tend to find that products that look and smell good, often turn out to be better tasting than others that aren't.
Speaking of the taste itself I can thankfully report that this bar provided further evidence of my above hypothesis. In comparison to standard line Ritter Sport milk chocolate I couldn't really detect a massive difference in the quality of the cream based, sweet cocoa taste, though there was a noticeable difference in the pace and feel of the melt as it felt softer and smooth in it's transition from it's solid state. Although the additional cocoa nibs were more subtle than other cocoa nib enhanced chocolates I have tried previously, the product was still better off for presence, as they drove home a friendly cocoa flavour hit without bringing any question of bitterness to the taste. Normally I am not really one for approving of chopped nut pieces, however the fine particles of hazelnut still delivered the desired woody, savoury nut flavours, whilst at the same time also bringing a satisfying crunch element to each and every block. A minor complaint of mine would be that I still am not a huge fan of the mini sized, Ritter blocks. The 65.0g size is too much for one sitting, though half a bar isn't all the satisfying - I think an 80.0g bar compromise is needed.
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Counting on new workers as immigration debate brews
In the hallways of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and on the farms of Niagara County, Washington's brewing debate about immigration reform isn't about "amnesty," or about the fear that someone from far away will come to America to do us harm.
It's about jobs – and creating more of them.
"I can personally relate to this issue," said Yakov Kogan, who came to the United States in 1996 and now serves as CEO of Cleveland BioLabs in Buffalo. "If we get this bill, we will be able to attract the best and the brightest, the best educated, and they will be ready to go and start doing research the next day. It will fulfill a need and allow the U.S. to be much more competitive."
While Cleveland BioLabs faces a shortage of U.S.-born researchers, Oscar Vizcarra, a Peruvian immigrant who owns Becker Farms and Vizcarra Winery in Gasport, faces a farm worker shortage that, he said, the immigration bill will correct.
"With this bill, I can plan for future expansion," Vizcarra said.
The immigrants who head Cleveland BioLabs and Becker Farms say federal legislation is needed to fix a broken American immigration system that makes it too difficult for strivers from overseas to come here to do jobs that Americans seem to not want to do.
Getting an immigration bill passed, though, will be a heavy lift in a deeply divided Congress that's newly shaken by the actions of two immigrants who are very different from Kogan and Vizcarra: Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.
Even as police continued the hunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, warned that the tragedy in Boston would and should influence the immigration debate.
"While we don't yet know the immigration status of the people who have terrorized the communities in Massachusetts, when we find out, it will help shed light on the weaknesses of our system," Grassley said at a Senate hearing. "How can individuals evade authorities and plan such attacks on our soil? How can we beef up security checks on people who wish to enter the U.S.? How do we ensure that people who wish to do us harm are not eligible for benefits under the immigration laws, including this new bill before us?"
One of the lead authors of the immigration bill, Sen. Charles E. Schumer, quickly noted that the nation would actually be safer if its 11 million undocumented immigrants were able to come out of the shadows, as they could under the immigration bill.
"In general, we're a safer country when law enforcement knows who was here; has their fingerprints, photos, et cetera; has conducted background checks and no longer looks – needs to look – at needles through haystacks," said Schumer, D-N.Y. "In addition, both the refugee program and the asylum program have been significantly strengthened in the past five years such that we are much more careful about screening people and determining who should and should not be coming into the country."
The Boston bombing is just one of the stumbling blocks in the way of the bill, which sets out a difficult 13½-year path, laced with $2,000 in fines and an English-language requirement, that could eventually lead to citizenship for undocumented aliens.
Critics of the bill call that amnesty – a free pass for people who broke the law.
"This legislation is all about satisfying the demands of illegal aliens and their advocates for amnesty and providing business interests access to low-wage foreign labor," said Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, an anti-immigration group.
But labor is just what Buffalo's high-tech firms and lower-tech farms are clamoring for.
Educated immigrants
Born in Russia and raised in the American way of innovation, Kogan brought Cleveland BioLabs to Buffalo in 2007. At the time, it had 25 employees, but now it has 85 – and that could be just the start, he said, if the federal government lifts its strict limits on how many highly educated immigrants can settle in the U.S.
The current H1-B visa program for skilled workers offers "no flexibility" and handcuffs employers from hiring some of the best researchers, Kogan said. For example, because of the current cap on such visas, one highly skilled, would-be Cleveland BioLabs worker had to endure "another year of waiting" before coming to the United States.
Under the immigration bill, though, that cap would go from 65,000 visas per year for highly skilled workers today to at least 110,000, and possibly up to 180,000 if the demand for such workers is great enough.
Allowing more highly skilled workers into the country "is a very serious issue" at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, said Matt Enstice, its president and CEO.
And it's a serious issue, too, for Moog Inc., the aerospace company based in East Aurora, said Richard A. Aubrecht, the company's vice chairman.
"We're bringing people from our facilities all over the world to our headquarters to understand the Moog culture" and other aspects of the company, Aubrecht said. "As a global business, it's absolutely critical. We just have to do it to compete. Yet we experience severe delays" in getting visas for such workers.
Beyond that, Aubrecht said that the highly skilled workers that America now shuts out could be tomorrow's entrepreneurs.
"It makes no sense," he said, adding that if skilled engineers and researchers can't start companies here, "they'll do it someplace else."
The critics' opinion
Still, the idea of allowing more highly skilled immigrants into the country has its critics. While employers say they can't find enough qualified Americans in the "STEM" – science, technology, engineering and math – fields, a recent study completed by the liberal Economic Policy Institute found "more than a sufficient supply of workers available to work in STEM occupations."
"Even in engineering, U.S. colleges have historically produced about 50 percent more graduates than are hired into engineering jobs each year," the study found.
There's less dispute over the fact that the nation doesn't have enough farm workers. About 70 percent of the nation's farm workers are immigrants – but the current visa program for farm workers only supplies 2 to 3 percent of the needed workforce, according to the Agricultural Workforce Coalition, which is pushing for a more open door for farm workers.
Farm labor shortage
It's a problem that resonates on the farms of Western New York, said Vizcarra, who estimated that 50 to 60 percent of farm workers now are undocumented immigrants – who sometimes get carted off by immigration officials, leaving farmers without the workers they need.
To fix that problem, the immigration bill streamlines the agricultural guest worker program to make it easier for farmers to hire workers year-round. That is especially important to the state's dairy farmers, Schumer said. It also creates an expedited path to citizenship for longtime farm workers.
"This is a big win for farmers and the New York economy," Vizcarra said. "It means farm workers can get out of the shadows and become productive citizens and taxpayers."
Dean Norton, president of the New York Farm Bureau, agreed.
The farm labor shortage in Western New York is so acute, he said, that he knows one farmer who has decided against growing cabbage this year, just because he could not find anyone to hire to pick it.
"For years, family farms have faced difficulties finding legal labor that is absolutely necessary to plant spring crops, milk the cows, and harvest the fruits and vegetables," Norton said.
That reality runs headlong, though, into the concerns prompted by the 11 million people who have entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas in recent decades.
'Can't just deport'
Local tea party activist Rus Thompson saw some of those immigrants come into the country when he lived in Mexico in the 1980s, and that experience left him with mixed feelings about the immigration bill.
Those illegal immigrants quickly took all the local construction jobs, forcing Thompson to look elsewhere for work.
Given that experience, he said: "The number one thing we have to do is secure the borders."
But he was also surprised to see that the immigration bill calls for just that: the largest-ever investment in security on the southern border, and a strict set of goals that must be achieved before broader immigration reform can occur.
That being the case, he agreed with the region's tech employers and farmers that something must be done on the immigration issue.
"You can't just deport 11 million people," Thompson said. "These people have been here, they have roots here, they have families, they have kids. But how we're going to handle it, I don't know."
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Today we celebrate World Environment Day, a global day for positive action for the environment. This year's theme, 'Forests: Nature at Your Service', highlights the variety of services that forests provide us with and urges us all to take action to protect them. IUCN also calls for the voices of forest-dependent communities to be heard and taken into account in the way forests and their resources are managed.
A total of 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their livelihoods. Most of them, 1.4 billion, live in the developing world, with 1 billion living in extreme poverty – including many women, indigenous peoples and other marginalized groups.
But their voices are rarely taken into account in decisions on how forests and their resources are used and managed.
"Only a small fraction of what governments and aid agencies spend on the forest sector each year goes to help communities living in and near forests manage their resources', says Julia Marton-Lefèvre, IUCN Director General. "If we want to combat global poverty and stop the loss of biodiversity, these communities must have a say in decisions on how forests – which are, after all, their lifeline – are being used and managed."
Forests support 80% of the world's terrestrial biodiversity that provides us with food, medicines and many other services that are essential to our lives. They are globally important in regulating climate and locally important in sustaining communities and supporting biodiversity.
But with unsustainable logging, and agriculture and biofuel producers competing for land, forests, and the people who depend on them, are under increasing pressure. As a result, about 13 million hectares of forests are lost every year and we're losing about 200 square kilometres of forest each day.
Improved, locally-controlled management of forests that would involve forest-dependent communities could help curb deforestation and illegal logging and restore around 1.2 billion hectares of deforested or degraded areas.
It could also significantly improve the quality of life of those communities.
With more ownership and an increased role in the management of forest resources, communities would be in a better position to start businesses based on forest products. Such income opportunities could then lead to improved food security, investments in children's education as well as increased engagement in community and social improvement activities.
"On this World Environment Day, let us seize the opportunity to improve the quality of life for more than one billion of the world's poorest people and, at the same time, significantly contribute to the conservation of forests and their biodiversity," says Marton-Lefèvre.


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The Whitko Middle School eighth grade girls' basketball team captured a weekend championship at the Crestview Tourney Saturday. Front row, from left: Michelle Kelsey, Reghan Craig, Darby Maggard, Abby Smith. Back row: coach Jen Howard, Heather Bryan, Maddie Gawthrop, Aly Nicodemus, Aly Long (manager), April Bishop, Tressa Keim, coach Jennaca Juillerat. Post & Mail photo contributed


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Breastfeeding is a healthy choice for many reasons. Here is what breastfeeding can mean for you, your baby, your family, and your community:
For Your Baby
- Less common illnesses, such as fewer ear infections, diarrhea, pneumonia, colds, or flu
- Little or no constipation
- Less risk of obesity and weight problems when your baby is older
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- More bonding time for baby and mom.
- Perfect nutrition
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- Less chance of losing too much blood after your baby is born
- Less bleeding after baby
- Uterus will shrink quicker – so your stomach will be flatter sooner
- Possible delayed return of monthly periods
- Possible weight loss
- Easy night time feedings – no bottles to prepare
- More bonding time with baby
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- Less illnesses shared among family members
- Save money by not buying formula
- Save money by not needing extra doctor visits and medicine
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"Whatever decision is made with the rules, please keep them in place! Constantly changing the rules creates challenges with consistency and uniformity in compliance and enforcement." –Steve Keppler, interim executive director, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
Needless to say, the hours of service (HOS) reform effort launched by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) late last year is the big topic of discussion in trucking circles this week. As you no doubt know, the feds held their first of four public "listening sessions" this week to gather comments on the current HOS rules from all corners within – and without – the trucking industry.
The testimony from Steve Keppler (seen here at right), interim executive director for the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), in particular proved interesting, insofar as he tried to lay down for FMCSA some suggested guidelines for the estimated two years it'll take to revise HOS rules yet again (the third time in 10 years the agency's taken this on).
While Keppler's HOS perspective is rooted in the "enforcement" side of commercial vehicle operations, he nonetheless offered I think many observations ubiquitous among all the players in the HOS debate – the biggest one being his quote above, to stop changing the rules so much.
"To be effective for both enforcement and industry, hours of service regulations need clarity and brevity; to be simple and practical," he explained. "[Today's] rules are fairly easy to understand and enforce roadside."
The issues with the current HOS regulations – and these are issued to watch as FMCSA begins reformulating them – is a lack rules related to supporting documents required for HOS to be maintained on the vehicle.
"This has made it difficult in some cases for roadside enforcement to verify compliance and to identify falsification," Keppler said. "In a number of instances drivers are not providing complete/accurate or producing records of duty status roadside." That's why he thinks supporting HOS documents should be required to be maintained on the vehicle with the record of duty status during current inspection periods.
Going forward, he suggested several other "guiding principles" for any new rules:
Uniformity. "This is important for several fundamental reasons," he said. "It makes training and education efforts, as well as compliance and enforcement activities, simpler and more effective; it provides a better means to measure impacts on safety and programs; it provides a better means to share and implement best practices among the various enforcement jurisdictions; and it facilitates reciprocity and fair treatment to industry across jurisdictional boundaries."
Be simple. "Complexity affects uniformity in a number of ways," Keppler said. "It creates difficulty and variation in application and interpretation; it creates harmonization challenges with state, provincial, and local laws; it creates frustration, leading to misunderstanding; it creates difficulty in developing training and educational tools; it creates an environment of subjectivity rather than objectivity."
Keppler also believes the new rules must be science-based and data-driven on factors relating to driver fatigue, health, workload, safety performance and crash reduction. Also, adequate time is required to allow for the smooth implementation for compliance and enforcement personnel as well as industry – i.e., time need for regulatory changes at the state level, development of uniform 'out of service' criteria, time for putting together training, software programs, etc.
Here's another key point: "Include passenger carrying vehicle drivers in the process so the end result is one set of rules for all CMV [commercial motor vehicle] drivers," stressed Keppler. Right now, truckers and motorcoach (or simple "bus") drivers use two different sets of rules. Having one set for both of them would reduce a lot of headaches for everyone on the enforcement side of the ledger.
He also noted that the "one set for all" mindset is beneficial when looking north of the border. "Evaluate Canada's HOS rules and supporting research for potential areas of harmonization," he said. "For example, the U.S. restart provision is for 34 hours, while Canada's is 36." Such harmonization would help make things easier for drivers that operate in both countries, I would think.
"Ensure there is clarity and clear understanding with respect to the HOS regulations, regulatory guidance and FMCSA enforcement policies," added Keppler. "Make sure there is no conflicting information that hampers enforcement."
One big item up for debate is the development of adequate provisions within the rules to permit the opportunity for drivers to achieve restorative sleep during their work week. "We need to provide flexibility for drivers to use sleeper berths effectively, having the opportunity to take short-term naps as well as longer term sleep periods," Keppler noted.
This isn't a popular idea with other advocacy groups, such as Public Citizen, which believe such "flexibility" leads to drivers pushing themselves for longer stretches behind the wheel. But common sense – and my own experience – tells me such flexibility is vital. Drivers should be able to take a break as needed. No two people are the same in terms of circadian rhythms, especially when it comes to sleep and nap needs. Giving the rules enough flex to accommodate the many different sleep/waking cycles among the human population is vital, in my view.
CVSA is also a big supporter of mandating electronic on board recorders (EOBRs) for HOS compliance for all commercial vehicle drivers. "We know FMCSA has a current rulemaking on this and another one is being planned; however, we strongly suggest that consideration be given to an across the board mandate," Keppler said.
This is another controversial issue, as many fleets and drivers openly loathe this technology. Surprisingly, though, a fleet guy – Chris Peters (seen here at right), vp-operations for regional trucking operator Carlisle Carrier Corp. – gave a pretty compelling argument to making it mandatory.
Carlisle actually took a big productivity hit, on the order of 6% to 9%, when the current HOS rules went into full effect back in 2004. But one of the ways they compensated for that over time is by installing a type of EOBR in every one of their vehicles. "There's a cost to this technology, to be sure, but it significantly reduced the costs of our compliance with HOS," Peters explained. "That's why we support and across the board mandate [for EOBRs] – we find it to be a helpful tool in offsetting our loss of productivity."
CVSA's Keppler also said FMCSA should implement fatigue management programs and driver health and wellness programs in the industry that have been proven to improve driver safety, health and performance. Further, the agency should more deeply investigate sleep apnea regarding CMV drivers and, based on science, research and testing, make needed regulatory changes to minimize driver risk and improve driver alertness, health and performance in relation to sleep apnea findings.
Again, another controversial area, but one fleets themselves are supporting more research into. Marsha Vande Hei (at left), director of regulatory compliance for truckload carrier Schneider National, stressed to FMCSA that dealing with sleep disorders, not changing HOS rules per se, should be the agency's primary focus.
"Fatigue management is a much more broad-based concern," Vande Hei said. "It's estimated that 28% of the truck driver population suffers from sleep disorders. Among Schneider's drivers, we estimate 17% have some sort of sleep disorder."
More than a few experts I talked to at FMCDSA's first "listening session" added that some sort of "sleep disorder" policy is coming down the pike – most likely involving screening of drivers and work rules related to sleep disorder maladies.
Finally, Keppler backs the establishment of what he calls "a robust process" for evaluating the safety impacts related to existing and any potential future regulatory AND statutory HOS exemptions.
"There are several statutory HOS exemptions that were enacted in SAFETEA-LU [the last highway bill] and we do not believe providing for safety exemptions through statute is good public policy, especially in light of the fact that some of these exemptions were not granted — in our view — based on science and safety," he stressed. "HOS regulations are first and foremost highway safety rules and are not meant to conform to industry operations."
I think that is smart, though I think some in the trucking industry would object. I mean, let's face it; these rules are all about safety and frankly, if a trucker can't get his or her job done within a 14 hour work day window, some red flags should be raised. I know harvest season is a go-go time for many truckers, but figuring out a way to do it safely without leading to excessive driver fatigue should be relatively easy as we have so much technology and resources available to us today.
Finally, Keppler suggested an interesting process: developing a systematic system for periodically reviewing and evaluating HOS rules for relevance and whether they are having the desired effects (i.e. crash reduction). Basically, then, instead of having to go back and rewrite the rules, they can be adjusted based upon the ongoing collection of real-world data – that would make the rules more relevant and adaptable to changing conditions, one would think.
It's a lot to chew on, no doubt, but as this HOS revision effort marks the third time in a decade the FMCSA has tackled it, they are well worth considering.


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Arthur Abraham (35-3, 27 KOs) is looking forward to the first defence of his WBO Super-Middleweight title. The 32-year-old, who dethroned the previous Champion Robert Stieglitz in Berlin in August, returns to the ring at the ARENA NUERNBERGER VERSICHERUNG on December 15 where he will meet challenger Mehdi Bouadla (26-4, 11 KOs) from France.
During the first official press conference on Tuesday, Abraham was seemingly relaxed. It is a great feeling to be a world champion again. The title has not changed me as a person; I am still the same Arthur Abraham as I was before. But being in possession of the belt is important to me, I sleep a lot better.
After winning the IBF Middleweight World Championship back in 2005 and ten successful defences of the belt, it took a while before Abraham got back to the top of the game. It is very special for me to defend the WBO title in Nuremberg. I spent a lot of my youth in Franconia and it is where I learnt how to box. Back in the day, I used to put on the gloves for 1.FC Nuremberg, said Abraham.
Having to defend a world title, adds to Abrahams motivation. That means that I have to work even harder than before. It was not that important for me to win a championship in another division. The main thing was to be a world champion again.
However, his opponent of the night, Mehdi Bouadla, has other plans. The man from France outlined how he believes the fight will end on December 15. I will do everything I can to make sure that I will become the new world champion. I studied some of Arthur's fights including his latest against Stieglitz. I know how to beat him, said Bouadla, who is ranked under the Top-15 by the WBO.
But in order to do so, the challenger will have to make sure that he gets to Nuremberg on time, which was not the case today. Due to foggy weather in Paris, the 30-year-old´s flight was delayed and hence he was late for the press conference. That isnt the typical German punctuality, joked Arthur Abraham.


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Yingli Green Energy Joins WWF's Climate Savers Program
First Chinese company and first PV manufacturer in the Climate Savers family
Jan 29, 2013, 02:00 EST
BAODING, China, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company") is a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar". In a statement released jointly with World Wide Fund for Nature ("WWF"), the Company today announced that it had become the first Chinese company and the first PV manufacturer to join the Climate Savers program initiated by WWF.
Climate Savers is a global leadership platform which positions multinational corporations at the forefront of the low-carbon economy. The member companies set sector-leading targets for greenhouse gas ("GHG") reduction in their own emissions and work with other companies, suppliers and partners to implement innovative solutions for a clean, low carbon economy. Initiated by WWF in 1999, the Climate Savers program now counts 30 member companies, including Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Nike, Hewlett Packard, The Collins Companies, Xanterra Parks and Resorts, Sagawa, Sony, Tetra Pak, Lafarge, Catalyst, Novo Nordisk, and Nokia Siemens Networks. All of these companies have pledged to reduce their GHG emissions considerably.
Yingli Green Energy's major Climate Savers commitments include:
By the end of 2015,
- to reduce GHG emissions per MW of PV module production by 13% compared with that in 2010, including direct emissions and indirect emissions from the consumption of electricity and heat
- to reduce GHG emissions from purchased goods and services per MW of PV module production by 7% compared with that in 2010
- to reduce GHG emissions from upstream transportation by 10% compared with that in 2010
"At Yingli, we work on the mission of providing affordable green energy to the world every day," said Mr. Liansheng Miao, Chairman and CEO of Yingli Green Energy. "We have also been dedicatedly carrying out our corporate social and environmental responsibilities through constantly reducing our energy consumption and GHG emissions in our production and operations. In addition, we aspire to leverage our industry leadership to lead the PV industry's transition to low-carbon production. By 2015, we hope to launch a Global Green Solar PV Manufacturing Standard, which aims at promoting energy consumption reduction, increasing utilization percentage of renewable energy and reducing GHG emissions. We look forward to working more broadly with WWF and joining hands with other Climate Savers to lead the world's transition to a low carbon economy."
"As an industry leader, Yingli has been committed to transforming cutting-edge technologies into high-performance products," said Mr. Jingfeng Xiong, Vice President and Chief Climate Officer of Yingli Green Energy. "While pursuing this target, we have been constantly reducing energy consumption and GHG emissions in our production and operation in order to provide greener and cleaner PV products to our customers. We know that cutting carbon emissions and spurring economic growth can go hand in hand. Through conducting a series of activities to accomplish our Climate Savers commitments, we will also be able to effectively reduce our energy consumption and further enhance our cost advantage."
By the end of 2012, Yingli Green Energy has provided nearly 6,000 MW of high-quality PV modules to customers worldwide, powering approximately 800,000 households with green electricity every year. Compared with conventional thermal power generation, these modules can reduce approximately 200 million tons of GHG emissions during the 25-year life cycle.
"The Climate Savers program is a very exclusive club," said Peter Beaudoin, CEO of WWF-China. "Only companies agreeing to be industry leaders in cutting CO2 emissions and supporting growth of clean, renewable energy are accepted as members. China has global manufacturing leaders, is beginning to have global innovation leaders, and now is beginning to have global leaders in the fight against climate change as well."
About Yingli Green Energy
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE), which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar", is a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers. Yingli Green Energy's manufacturing covers the entire photovoltaic value chain, from the production of polysilicon through ingot casting and wafering, to solar cell production and module assembly. In August 2012, Yingli Green Energy reached a balanced vertically integrated production capacity of 2,450 MW per year, from facilities located in Baoding, Haikou, Tianjin and Hengshui, respectively. Yingli Green Energy distributes its photovoltaic modules to a wide range of markets, including Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, South Korea, China, Japan and the United States. Headquartered in Baoding, China, Yingli Green Energy has more than 20 subsidiaries and branch offices worldwide. Yingli Green Energy is publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: YGE). For more information, please visit www.yinglisolar.com.
About WWF
WWF is one of the world's largest and most respected independent conservation organizations, with over 5 million supporters and a global network active in over 100 countries. WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the Earth's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world's biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption. www.panda.org
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Sandoz readies Enbrel biosimilar for testing
The Enbrel biosimilar race just got tighter. Sandoz said Monday that it is launching Phase III trials of an etanercept biosimilar after hashing out the details with both European and US regulators.
The company said in a statement that it expects to use the global clinical trial results to support filings in both geographic areas for severe chronic plaque-type psoriasis. Enbrel is approved for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. Although the US has yet to establish a biosimilars approval protocol, the general feeling is that the rules are coming, and pharmaceutical pipelines are being readied to take advantage of the approval pathway once it does open.
Sandoz, Novartis' generics subsidiary, already has experience marketing biosimilars in the US, since an earlier drug got through via an alternate channel. The firm told MM&M in a prior interview that the lesson learned from launching that drug, growth hormone Omnitrope, was that biosimilar makers have to back the products with a support system that mimics that of a new-to-market drug as opposed to traditional generics, which have generally followed more of a linear, make-and-distribute sell pattern.
Enbrel has also been in the news lately because Amgen is preparing to dial back Pfizer's share of the royalties, when the US co-promotion agreement between the two firms ends later this year. The biologic, which earned about $4 billion in US sales last year, competes with the likes of AbbVie's multi-indication Humira, and much cheaper combinations of older medications, for those interested in lower-tech RA treatments.


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Lifeless Planet Trailer, Screens, Info - January 16, 2014
A launch date of June 6, 2014 has been confirmed by Lace Games and Stage 2 Studios for Lifeless Planet, a third-person action-adventure. The game's development has been handled practically single-handedly by David Board of Stage 2 Studios.
You are an astronaut on a one-way mission to a distant life-bearing planet that holds the promise of becoming a new Earth.
After you arrive, you find that the planet is barren and inhospitable. The adventure begins when you discover you're not the planet's first human visitor.
David Board: "When I first set off down this path some two-and-a-half years ago, little did I know just how much of my life would be dominated by this labour of love. Clearly, those long, dark, cold Alaskan winter nights have helped keep me focused! More than anything else, I am absolutely thrilled that the gaming world will at last get to enjoy the game that is Lifeless Planet!"
"Two-and-a-half years ago, Lace Games bought into David's vision," comments Adam Lacey, CEO of Lace Games. "Our belief in David and his ability to deliver on that vision has been totally justified and we are looking forward to the game being made available to the game-playing public."
Lifeless Planet will be available for PC on June 6, 2014. It will feature English text and voiceovers along with full text and subtitled localization into German, Russian, French and Spanish.


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What to CookWeeknight Cooking
Pork Meets Apples, Ginger, and Caramel
-Jenny from Rancho Park
Somewhere in America there is a woman standing in front of her non-grease-splattered stove, music bleating cheerfully from her iPod dock, humming along as she carefully manages whatever is in her medium-sized pot. No one talks to her. She is the cook. She is in her bliss.
Sadly, that woman is not me. I've got stuff going on at dinner time. People asking me questions about the location of their belongings, as if I had been the one to shove their camera/homework/large stuffed spotted owl under a chair and am holding out on the whereabouts for sport. Someone calling, usually my mother, whom I believe sets an alarm timed for the dinner hour. Someone with an I.M. about something someone did at work that they seem to suspect will enrage me.
I get distracted. I make messes.
As such, I have two choices: jettison well-meaning recipes that take just a tad too much time and/or concentration during the mid-week chaos, or adjust them. I chose to do the latter with Loves Food Loves to Eat's Apple Ginger Pork Loin with Caramel Sauce. This recipe contains the familiar, comforting blend of pork, apples and cider, with a twist of sugar and soy sauce that gives it both a richness and zing that distinguishes it from other versions I have made.
If you want to make this just as the lover of eating has written it, you'll have an enjoyable meal, although I would note that she does not fully explain a key step in the caramel-making process, which I'll attempt to elucidate in a moment.
However, you can also take some short cuts that, in my view, make for an equally-satisfying dish, and keep us all in the spirit of food52, where recipe tweaking is our community's equivalent of back-rub trade-offs!
First, let's deal with the cut. Yes, you can buy a pork loin and butterfly it and put the sautéed apples (which by the way you should peel, but you figured that out on your own, right?) in the center and roll it all up, as instructed. Or, you can buy some boneless pork loin chops, which I pick up every week because they cook quickly and are cheap, and place the apple mix we are about to discuss on top of them.
In my version, you will sauté the apples with ginger and scallions, as instructed, and then add cider (I had sparking cider on hand, and it worked really well; I am even going to go with the word better, but if all you have is plain cider, rock on) as well as the stock and cook it all up. You may reserve the liquid, as the recipe requests, but I chose to dump it with the apples on the chops, a twist on spreading it in the center of the loin. Now stick it in the oven.
While that is cooking, go ahead and caramelize your two sugars by placing them in a non-stick pan, setting it over a moderate flame and swirling the pan as it liquefies.
This is the part where you really need to pay attention. If your significant other is hounding you, tell him or her that there is nothing you'd find sexier than a recap of the congressional reconciliation of the health care bill, and he or she will go racing toward a Google search for roughly the length of time it takes to get a nice brown caramel going. Please don't burn it. You'll have to start over, you'll mess up your pan and the next step will be yelling at people who are not responsible for this.
To your lovely golden caramel now add your water, soy sauce, cider vinegar and a 1/2 cup more of the cider. If you have reserved the liquid from the apples now is the time to add that too. Take care, as it will bubble and steam and the caramel will harden briefly, but you just whisk away. (You can now add the butter; I just forgot to but I didn't miss it.)
Let this mixture gently boil, then turn it to a very low simmer, whisking now and then, until your chops are done, about 15-20 minutes. Put a chop with apples on a plate, spoon some of your sauce over it all, and start eating. If you've been good, you remembered to make some cous cous and maybe a nice salad to go with it. Eat. Clean up. Move on.
Apple Ginger Pork Loin with Caramel Sauce
Serves 4 to 6
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 crisp red apple- chopped
- 1 granny smith apple- chopped
- 1 tablespoon finely diced fresh ginger
- 1 shallot- diced
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 cup fresh apple cider (plus 1/4 cup)
- 1 2-3 pound pork loin roast- butterflied
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a medium skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the shallot, apples and ginger (and salt and pepper to taste). Saute until softened. Add chicken broth and 1/2 cup cider. Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Reserve liquid and set aside.
- For caramel sauce, heat sugars, water, and reserved cider mix from apples in a skillet. boil for 5 minutes, whisking (don't let it burn). Remove from heat and add butter, vinegar, and soy sauce. Transfer to sauce pan and simmer over low heat until ready to serve.
- Salt and pepper the pork loin. Spread the apple mixture down the pork and roll the pork over the mixture (like a jelly roll style). Roast the pork in a roasting pan for 60 to 90 minutes or until thermometer reaches160 degrees F. Halfway through, baste with 1/4 cup cider. Let rest for 10 minutes, slice, and serve with caramel sauce


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14 Years Ago: Johnny Cash Dies
Fourteen years ago today, country music lost one of its most beloved stars: Johnny Cash. The legendary singer passed away on Sept. 12, 2003, of complications from diabetes; he was 71.
Cash began his historic career in 1955 with his first single, "Hey Porter." He went on to record more than 100 albums and release over 150 singles, including "Ring of Fire" and "Folsom Prison Blues." It's been estimated that he penned in excess of 1,000 songs.
The Arkansas native also had his own share of well-publicized personal problems, including a lengthy history with drug and alcohol abuse. It was his marriage to June Carter Cash in 1968 that Cash often credited with helping him overcome his addictions. The couple recorded five albums together and released nine singles, each while pursuing their own solo career.
"She has saved my life more than once. She's always been there with her love, and it has certainly made me forget the pain for a long time, many times," Cash said of his wife, who passed away just four months before him. "When it gets dark and everybody's gone home and the lights are turned off, it's just me and her."
Among Cash's many achievements are his induction into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, winning more than 30 major awards -- including 17 Grammys -- and becoming one of the few artists in history to sell in excess of 90 million records. And the Man in Black's legacy continues to live on long after his death: In 2005, his life was chronicled in the Oscar-winning film Walk the Line, and more than a dozen albums have been released since his death, including Icon: Johnny Cash, LIFE Unheard and Out Among the Stars, the latter of which was released in 2014 and debuted at No. 1.
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The Tesla electric car company has high hopes for its new Model S, which it calls "the world's first premium electric sedan." The new car, which is being delivered to customers Friday, is priced at around half the cost of the only other Tesla model, the svelte, two-door Roadster.
The new car's sticker price starts around $57,000; a $7,500 federal tax credit drops the starting price just below $50,000. But like its gas-powered cousins, this electric vehicle has so many options available that its price can soar to near $100,000.
"It's certainly not mass market by General Motors or Toyota standards," Edmunds.com senior analyst Michelle Krebs tells Morning Edition co-host Renee Montagne. "Tesla says they're going to make 5,000 of these this year, and then increase the production next year. So it still really is a niche vehicle."
The base model's battery can be upgraded from a capacity of 40 kilowatt-hours to either 60 or 85 kwh. According to Tesla, the performance version of the Model S can propel itself from a standing start to 60 miles per hour in 4.4 seconds.
Those larger batteries also bring the ability to drive farther on a single charge — about 265 miles, says the Environmental Protection Agency, which beats all other electric vehicles on the market. The EPA performed its tests with an 85 kwh version of the car, with an estimated sticker price of about $70,000.
Expressed in the EPA's "miles per gallon equivalent" used for electric vehicles, the Model S gets a combined 89 mpg — which the federal agency equates to about $700 in annual fuel costs, if you drive 15,000 miles in a year.
In the cabin, a Wi-Fi-capable 17-inch touch screen is mounted on the central dashboard to the right of the steering wheel. Its display options include a running tally of the car's consumption and real-time data on miles remaining.
"There is what's called in the industry 'range anxiety,' " Krebs says. "And that's where people are leaning more towards hybrids and plug-in hybrids, because it eases that worry."
As the Model S hits the streets, the California-based Tesla finds itself in an improving car market — sales projections for new vehicles in 2012 now stand close to 12 million, according to a new report by J.D. Power and Associates.
And Krebs tells Montagne that by Edmunds.com's count of electric and hybrid vehicles, "50,000 were sold in the month of March."
But there's a danger that the market's momentum might leave Tesla in its dust — because so far, at least, demand for electric and hybrid cars has moved in lockstep with gasoline prices. And over the past few months, gas prices have fallen.
Sales of electric and hybrid vehicles peaked at 4.6 percent of the market in April, when gas prices were higher, according to J.D. Power. That number has now fallen to 3.4 percent.
Speaking with shareholders earlier this month, Tesla founder Elon Musk — whose enterprises also include PayPal and SpaceX — reportedly told investors that the company had taken deposits from more than 10,000 customers for the Model S. He also said that Tesla needs to sell about 8,000 of the cars to break even, according to Bloomberg.
A California car company today is launching yet another electric car onto the road. Tesla will start selling the Model S, S as in sedan. Until now, Tesla has been known for a pricey sports car that's popular among the environmentally conscious elite. This Model S is aimed at a lower income demographic - lower being a relative term here, though.
To talk more, we called Michelle Krebs. She's senior analyst for the automotive information website Edmunds.com.
Michelle, welcome to the program.
MICHELLE KREBS: Thanks for having me.
MONTAGNE: The price of this new Model S is $57,000. Who does Tesla think will buy it?
KREBS: Well, I think they want to expand to a wider audience. The previous car was a two-seat roadster. This is a four seat sedan. And yes, $57,000 is still a hefty price tag. And by the way, that's the lower priced one. They go all the way up to over $100,000, depending on how much power you want and performance.
MONTAGNE: Well, people, though, are making a big deal out of the affordability of this sedan because Tesla's previous cars were costing six figures. So how does one come up with 50 grand? I mean can this really be a mass market car?
KREBS: Well, mass market is a relative term here. It's certainly not mass market by General Motors or Toyota standards. Tesla says they're going to make 5,000 of these this year and then increase the production next year. So it still really is a niche vehicle. And in fact electric cars in general are niche vehicles.
MONTAGNE: So but in terms of its production, what does this say? Is it the future or is this just a car that would be fun to have for those who can have maybe an extra car?
KREBS: Electric cars are - they're slowly making progress, but one of the bigger problems is we don't have an infrastructure where you can just go charge a car at work or you have to have charger at home. People are leaning more towards hybrids or plug-in hybrids, like the Chevrolet Volt, the Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid, so that they can still have that gas engine just in case.
MONTAGNE: Why? Because people, when it's a purely electric car, people are a little bit afraid to get out onto the open road because - I mean they're just - they don't have electric stations like they have gas stations.
KREBS: Well, exactly. For example, I was driving an electric car a week or so ago. I looked up how far I had to go. I knew I had 80 miles of range, and that was like the perfect conditions. And it turned out to be a very hot day so, you know, I saw that charge go down. Well, I was a little nervous. Was I going to make it home on this charge? And you can't just pull into a station, top it off and make it all the way home. So there is what is called in the industry range anxiety, and that's where people are leaning more towards hybrids and plug-in hybrids because it eases that worry.
MONTAGNE: So cars that are not purely electric cars, I mean the hybrids, how are they doing in general?
KREBS: Well, in general they follow gas prices. So we saw an interesting phenomenon this year. Gas prices started to go up in February, March and April, and we saw all these cars - we total them altogether - electric cars, hybrids, plug-in hybrids - 50,000 were sold in the month of March. Then gas prices ease off and the sales start going down. So they clearly follow gas prices.
Now, they're doing better than they were, say, a year ago, and we're going to see more and more of them on the market, and they're becoming more and more affordable. For example, Toyota just introduced an entry-level Prius called the Prius C. It's like about $20,000. Well, that seems to be hitting the sweet spot and they can't build enough of them. They are in very short supply. If you want one, you're going to pay full list price and you're going to have to probably wait in line.
MONTAGNE: Michelle, thanks very much.
KREBS: Hey, anytime.
MONTAGNE: Michelle Krebs is senior analyst for the automotive information website Edmunds.com. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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The Prime Community Park, also called the Secret Garden, started with a simple desire: to create a special place for the community to enjoy a tranquil respite. Alfred and Jolene Dingler, Karl Thomason and their families believe in a strong sense of community. As a way to give back, they have opened their gardens free of charge for others to enjoy.
Take a quiet stroll down the paths and enjoy a colorful ensemble of hand-selected flowers and shrubs that look very different each season. The park is a perfect spot to enjoy a good book or let the kids play. Enjoy the old-time swing, or bring a snack and sit at the "rock table." Whatever your mood is when you arrive, you will leave refreshed and inspired after taking a few moments to enjoy all that nature has to offer.
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New Canaan's Towbin wins Open diving championship
PLAINVILLE -- All one needed to see the smile on Kylie Towbin's face to know that this was a night the New Canaan High School sophomore would never forget.
Her smile shown even brighter than the gold medal around her neck as Towbin captured the State Open diving championship Friday night at the Plainville High pool.
"It's a big high for me," Towbin said. "I love the last three dives I made. Those are the dives I've depended on all season. This is the best feeling."
Towbin compiled 436.20 points over 11 dives to win the title. Amity senior Amanda Craig (433.25) was second with Westhill freshman Rachel Burston grabbing third place at 430.40.
Other top FCIAC achievers included senior Ariana Ross of New Canaan (6th, 385.10), senior Meredith Jonker of New Canaan (7th, 380.25), Darien senior Caroline Ashcraft (8th, 377.00 points), Darien sophomore Kyla Pech (9th, 334.0), Greenwich senior Megan Maloney (10th, 326.20), Darien junior Molly Klein (13th, 318.80) and Westhill junior Lauren Cunningham (15th, 314.75).
"All the New Canaan girls did well. Our seniors led Kylie (Towbin) in the right direction," said New Canaan diving coach Joe Somma. "I did change the order of Kylie's dives tonight. And it resulted in her finishing strong."
For Burston, the 2012 FCIAC and Class LL diving champion, it was a good learning experience.
"I did have a rough start. It took a while to settle into this new atmosphere and these different diving boards," Burston said. "I decided to forget about it. And just do my best with the remaining dives."
Burston was about 25 points out of first place after eight of the 11 dives.
But she closed with a rush, earning 49 points and 53 points on her final two dives.
It was enough to catch Towbin, who did score a perfect 10 among her five scores on round 7.
"Kylie was working so hard. She had an amazing meet," Burston said. "I'm so proud for her."
There is no rest for either Towbin or Burston as they will face each other again Saturday in a diving meet in New Jersey.
"Rachel really hit her last dive," New Canaan's Somma said. "Rachel and Kylie have challenged and pushed each other all season. Rachel was just a little too far back when she made her final surge."
All the diving points will be important for Saturday's State Open swimming at the Yale University pool.
New Canaan had three divers in the top seven while Darien finished 8th, 9th, 13th and 18th as the Blue Wave battles Greenwich for the team crown.
It was the perfect night. The seniors closed their prep diving careers strong and Generation Next (Towbin, Burston) showed they are ready to carry the baton.
"Rachel has time. She just couldn't rally enough tonight," said Westhill diving coach Jim Bowser. "Lauren Cunningham was very consistent. It was a good year for both girls."
State Open diving at Plainville
1. Kylie Towbin (New Canaan) 436.20; 2. Amanda Craig (Amity) 433.25; 3. Rachel Burston (Westhill/Stamford) 430.40; 4. Kalli Roebelen (Windsor) 409.05; 5. Caroline Gonsalves (East Lyme) 395.05; 6. Ariana Ross (New Canaan) 385.10; 7. Meredith Jonker (New Canaan) 380.25; 8. Caroline Ashcraft (Darien) 377.00; 9. Kyla Pech (Darien) 334.00; 10. Megan Mahoney (Greenwich) 326.20; 11. Brianna Buehler (Sheehan) 323.95; 12. Haley Boland (Kennedy) 323.70; 13. Molly Klein (Darien) 318.80; 14. Keturah Sarno (Weston) 318.25; 15. Taylor Hadra (Conard) 316.60; 16. Lauren Cunningham (Westhill/Stamford) 314.75; 17. Shannon Bouvier (Conard) 314.00; 18. Olivia Piazza (Darien) 311.55; 19. Kelsey Tague (Fairfield Ludlowe) 309.00; 20. Harper Hansen (Hamden) 290.25; 21. Noelle Benson (Newtown) 288.50; 22. Alison Profita (New Milford) 286.00; 23. Erin Mostoller (Cheshire) 264.95; 24. Taylor DiChello (Bristol Eastern) 250.70.